before the changes the Exbow/Axbow had a fixed 1/4% ST/DX reducing per X
after the changes their powers were buffed (most likely to 1/3% per X) and they got a fixed amount of drain also based on the X
read also This changelog thread

Maybe the best thing to do would be get an Exbow at x1 and set a test up to hit a 20Str character. Record the approximate amlount of direct reduction taken (it won't reduce after the first hit) then up the bow by another X. Try to figure out how much the direct reduction is, then it should be easy to figure the percentage part.

Record the approximate amount of direct reduction taken (it won't reduce after the first hit) then up the bow by another X. Try to figure out how much the direct reduction is, then it should be easy to figure the percentage part.

we have several Exbows with different X values that we could compare...
also i think that the direct reduction is also tied to the X value, and it wont trigger if the target has a ST of 20
[Edit: minion with 20 ST DOES have it's ST reduced]

Finally something short of a breakthrough:

Below is the excel table that I constructed by attacking people with an Exbow equipped with a character of mine which only had 1 minion with 20 ST.

Those characters were characters that:- Didn't have Ethereal Chains
- Had the Exbow to be the only thing dealing damage (to make me survive with a puny minion)

I recorded the stats of the Exbows and that of the attacks I received, as well as how much my ST got lowered.
I found out that with 20 ST the % factor of the Exbow ST drain does nothing.
So the only drain available would be the one from the non percentage-factor.

Will your point in saying that your exbow was an effective x47+62 is incorrect making your thought rather void.

Weapon naming grants an extra 3% to damage, not stats. so if you normally do 100,000 damage you would actually do 103,000. You would not do the same average damage as well as extra accuracy as if the levels had been raised 3%.

Will's understanding (read, the ability to read and understand what was read) is correct.

It is fairly blunt as to how it works and states that PTH and Damage are increased by %3.

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